Chapter Sixteen: Preaching in the Vast Expanse

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  As mentioned earlier, Ye Qing prepared to preach the Dharma and seek merit for the living beings of the Hongyuan universe. He made a grand vow to spread his teachings throughout the entire Hongyuan universe. Along the way, whenever Ye Qing arrived at a new location, he would use his great divine powers to transmit the sound of his preaching across billions of kilometers. The living beings of the Hongyuan universe received Ye Qing's blessings, and unknowingly, over countless years, Ye Qing obtained two percent of the Hongyuan universe's spiritual energy. This was an enormous amount, causing Ye Qing's cultivation to advance rapidly. His "Jue" broke through to the late 18th layer, while his "Xin Jue" and "Mo Dao" both reached the mid-8th layer peak. His understanding of the rules deepened, and he had already fully comprehended the destruction rule and space rule, with only a little more to grasp. In terms of cultivation, Ye Qing had reached the 11th heaven of quasi-sainthood. Along this journey, Ye Qing also continuously collected pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, pre-heavenly Dharma treasures, and materials for refining equipment from the heavens and earth in preparation for forging the great Five Elements Annihilation Array.

  During Ye Qing's preaching in Hongyuan, Ye Qing also found several better congenital spiritual treasures. There was a middle-grade congenital spiritual treasure, the Nine Dragon Pendant, which had 32 prohibitions and could release nine golden dragons to guard, but it didn't have much attacking power. It could help the wearer reduce external demonic invasions during cultivation. There was also a middle-grade congenital spiritual treasure, the Purple Jade Ruler, which had 33 layers of prohibition and its attacking power was quite good for Ye Qing. Ye Qing also found a high-grade congenital spiritual treasure, the Earth Emperor Bell, which had 36 heavy prohibitions and was on the same level as the Earth Spirit Treasure Book. It contained a bit of the Soul's Way. After Ye Qing refined the Earth Emperor Bell, he obtained a bit of the Soul Great Dao imprint. This bit of the Soul Great Dao imprint greatly helped Ye Qing in creating the Static Heart Technique and the subsequent techniques of the Calamity Demon Dao.

  Ye Qing obtained a special item during his preaching in the Desolate Expanse. Originally, Ye Qing thought that this item had been completely destroyed when Pangu opened up the sky, or even if it hadn't been destroyed, it would have evolved into a Pre-Heavenly Spiritual Treasure under the laws of the Desolate Expanse universe. Unexpectedly, he obtained one.

  In the beginning of chaos, in the center of chaos, twelve Hongmeng purple gases gave birth to a giant egg of billions and millions of feet. After Pangu broke out of the egg, the fragments of the giant egg were scattered all over the chaos. Unexpectedly, Ye Qing actually obtained a fragment of the giant egg, which was about 100 feet in size on his hand. Although it's insignificant compared to the giant egg of billions and millions of feet, this piece of eggshell is extremely precious material for refining equipment. The treasure refined from this eggshell will not be inferior to the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and may even be comparable to the innate supreme treasure.

  Yeqing continued to travel the world, spreading his teachings and fulfilling his grand ambitions after obtaining the treasure. However, he was unaware of the immense impact his teachings had on the people of Honghuang.

  In the west, tens of billions of kilometers away from the extreme west. A thousand-mile-high giant peak stands here, and this mountain may seem ordinary in the vast wilderness, but it is quite majestic and has a strong spiritual energy. However, what is unknown is that this unremarkable giant peak in the wilderness is one of the main spiritual veins of the west. This place is now called the Holy Mountain by the western living beings, and it is the object of their yearning and worship.

  The mountain peak is about a thousand feet high, straight into the clouds. On its summit, it seems to have been cut off by someone with great divine power, smooth and shiny. A dark green flat top sits on a ancient mysterious large temple made of top-grade black crystal, covering an area of thousands of feet. The black temple and the dark green mountain body show a gloomy and bloodthirsty atmosphere under the sunlight. Twelve peaks surround the giant peak, each with a large temple on it, only much smaller than the one on the giant peak.

  At this time inside this huge hall

  "Reporting to the Demon Ancestor, I have discovered a powerful deity with immense power on the western border, preaching to countless living beings. I don't know what to do, so I've come to report to you." In the grand hall, a man shrouded in black robes, looking gloomy, knelt on one knee, reporting to the figure hidden in the darkness above the hall.

  "Oh, is this the case? Last time, Shadow Demon reported to me that there was a great being named Ye Qing who was constantly preaching to billions of living beings in the Desolate Expanse. Is it him?" The majestic and severe voice echoed through the dark and gloomy grand hall, like a demonic melody that tempted one's soul to fall. The man kneeling on the ground below the grand hall couldn't help but tremble with fear. Although the person above the grand hall asked in a questioning tone, the certainty in their voice made it clear that they knew the great being was indeed Ye Qing, who had been constantly preaching to billions of living beings in the Desolate Expanse.

  A middle-aged man suddenly walked out of the great hall, with a gloomy face, sharp eyes and nose, and jet-black hair scattered behind his head. His body was surrounded by a dark aura, exuding an air of coldness that made people feel inferior. He did not have any of the elegance of a celestial being, but instead gave off a mature and demonic charm that made people involuntarily submit to him. This man was Luo Hui, the leader of the Demon Sect, born from the essence of chaos and the blood of the Chaos God. At this time, Luo Hui's cultivation had reached the peak of the Twelfth Heaven of Quasi-Sainthood, with one foot already in the threshold of Semi-Sainthood, his powers were unfathomable. If compared to the understanding of heaven and earth, even the legendary Hong Jun and Yang Mei could not surpass him, making him the number one master of the Primordial Universe. Luo Hui controlled the rules of devouring and slaughter, thus he tried every means to provoke a massacre among the three major races of the Primordial Universe, cultivating the aura of slaughter.

  Luoye's Demon Sect has twelve great protectors, namely: Shadow Demon, Blood Demon, Charm Demon, Illusion Demon, Heart Demon, Emotion Demon, Desire Demon, Corpse Demon, Dream Demon, Nightmare Demon, Yanmo Demon, and Flame Demon. All twelve are top-notch strongmen. The strongest among them have already reached the peak of Daluo Jinxian, with one foot stepping into the realm of Quasi-Saint Zhongtian.

  At this time, the demon said "Demon ancestor, should we...". The demon didn't finish speaking and only made a throat-slitting gesture. Everyone understood what the demon meant.

  Luó furrowed his brow, pondering the demon's words for a long time without speaking. "You're certain you can kill him." The demon fell silent, clearly aware of that person's strength and knowing he was absolutely no match.

  "Don't bother with him, that person is very strong and you're no match for him. As long as he doesn't cause us trouble, let's just leave him be." Luo said after a long moment of hesitation.

  The Twelve Great Protectors of the Devil Sect replied in unison, "We obey the orders of our Ancestor." The Twelve Protectors weren't fools either; those who could speak the Dao wouldn't be weak. No one wanted to look for trouble at this moment.

  Ye Qing didn't know that the Demon Sect was discussing whether to deal with him, but even if Ye Qing knew, he wouldn't be afraid. Ye Qing's current combat power couldn't beat Luo Yu, but it wasn't certain that he would lose to him either, and his ability to protect himself was still there.

  However, Ye Qing found that although the Western spirits were fewer than those in the East, there were still many of them, and their strength was much stronger than that of the same level of spirits. The qualifications of these spirits were also good, but he didn't know why the future's Zhunti always came to the East to cultivate spirits. Ye Qing didn't quite understand the reason, but since he didn't understand, he wouldn't think about it anymore, and he would eventually understand later on.

  Ye Qing spent nearly a million years to finish preaching the entire Western world. When Ye Qing was preaching, he found someone following him. After thinking about it, Ye Qing understood that this place was Luo Hu's stronghold, and he was preaching in his stronghold, so he didn't bother with them and let them follow. After Ye Qing finished preaching to the billions of living beings in the Western world, he left. When Ye Qing left the border of the Western world, he found no one following him, and he knew that his guess was correct, that person was sent by Luo Hu to follow him.

  Ye Qing didn't know that Luo Hui also let out a sigh after knowing Ye Qing had left. A person with great divine power lecturing in his own hometown would make anyone worried, but Luo Hui wasn't afraid of Ye Qing; he just didn't want to expose himself and have his plans go down the drain.

  Ye Qing came to Donghai after finishing his lecture in the West and randomly found an island to start his Dao.

  Ye Qing arrived at every place and exerted great Dharma power, spreading the sound of his lectures to billions of miles away. Over countless years, the cultivators of the Sea Clan made tremendous progress in their cultivation, countless billions of living beings transcended the calamity and achieved the Dao of Immortality, and countless billions of Sea Clan living beings were grateful to Ye Qing in their hearts.

  When Ye Qing was preaching in the East Sea, the Ancestral Dragon living in the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the East Sea felt that Ye Qing's powerful cultivation was not weaker than his own, so he specially found the elder of the dragon clan and ordered him not to provoke this great spiritual practitioner, otherwise he would be expelled from the dragon clan. Therefore, Ye Qing had no trouble preaching in the East Sea.

  It can be said that Ye Qing's luck was extremely good, and he managed to spread his teachings throughout the entire Honghuang universe before the first great calamity of heaven and earth. Before the arrival of the first great calamity of heaven and earth, the Honghuang continent was unusually calm, with the three major tribes of the Honghuang making every effort to stop their struggles, secretly accumulating strength and not wanting to make an enemy of Ye Qing, a powerful god, thereby bringing such a strong enemy upon themselves. Therefore, they all turned a blind eye to Ye Qing's actions, one eye open and one eye closed. Moreover, Ye Qing's preaching in the Honghuang was actually a way of strengthening his own power, as the three tribes wanted to defeat their opponents in one fell swoop and dominate the entire universe.

  Under the extremely calm surface of this vast wilderness, all the Primordial Gods knew that the first Great Calamity was about to arrive, so none of them were willing to leave their mountains and get involved in the cause and effect. They all closed their caves and quietly cultivated to strengthen their own power in order to survive the Great Calamity. Only Ye Qing was not afraid of getting involved in the cause and effect, spreading his teachings throughout the wilderness, which made Ye Qing gain a great advantage.